Chapter 81
Astrid’s POV
"Co on, don’t think about it too much. I’m sure it’s nothing." Rebecca said to .
"Now, tell all about this plan you have for my idiot brother’s birthday." She said with a smile on her face.
I returned her smile and launched into the plans for everything and how everyone is willing to keep it a secret from Kaeleen even Lila. I was just realising that Lila loved surprises. And she was a good ally to have when you wanted to do a surprise.
"Awwn, I love this. Kaeleen doesn’t like doing big celebrations for his birthday. He’d rather do sothing else but he’s not going to know what hit him the ti and there is no way he is going to be mad at you for doing this." She tells .
"Are you sure?" I asked her.
"Yup. And besides if he tries anything just know I have your back. Serena also."
I give her a smile and pick up my apple. We eat in silence for a while before she speaks up again.
"Um...I’m going to see Serena and Hunter soon. Maybe the day after tomorrow, I’ll make ti but I just wanted to tell you, you know...in case you wanted to co with?" She asked .
"I haven’t t Hunter. I don’t know who he is."
"He’s a big Teddy bear and besides, Kaeleen is like a younger brother to him. I’m sure he’s dying to et you and he would have if not for what happened." she assured
"Are you sure?" I asked her.
I didn’t want it to be a situation where I was intruding. It didn’t matter that Rebecca had been the one to invite , she wasn’t the one with an I’ll spouse.
"How about I ask Serena?" She asked .
"What?" I asked her like she had just grown two heads.
Rebecca laughed at my reaction. "Really, it’s no big deal. Apart from the fact that she gets a bit territorial over Hunter and that she treats Kaeleen and like her kids, she’s okay. She’s a pretty chill person."
I’ve t Serena only once and true to what Rebecca was saying, she appeared pretty chill to . But that wasn’t enough to reassure . Although, knowing Rebecca, I wouldn’t be able to escape this and she wouldn’t take no for an answer.
"Alright. But just know if she doesn’t like being there, then I’m putting all the bla on you." I grumbled.
Rebecca paused, giving a look. She blinked once, twice before throwing her head back and laughing loudly. I stared at her with a frown. Did I do sothing wrong? Was that why she had given that look?
"Oh my," she said, wiping non-existent tears from her eyes. "I love this side of you. Don’t ever hide it again."
"What?"
"You’ve always been quiet. I an since I’ve known you although it’s a short while but you’ve always been quiet. You hardly disagree with people. It’s like you want to make yourself disappear most tis and you hardly crack a smile or even grumble. But this," she motioned at . "This is different. I reckon this is how you really are and not the demure person I t before."
I gave her a frown. "All because of a little sentence?" I asked.
She shook her head. "It’s more than that. It’s the expression. It’s...it’s everything actually. No one is going to force you to be soone else here, let’s forget your deadbeat sister, no offence."
"None taken. Rather than deadbeat, bitch will be the accurate word but I don’t curse." I told her with a smirk.
Rebecca stared at with an open mouth. "You’ve been spending too much ti with my brother. And bitch is a curse word also."
I finished the apple and Rebecca opened a box of pizza.
"Want one?" She asked .
"Don’t you have work to do?"
"I do but I’ll be taking a break soon. Like a long break to spend more ti with my family. Most days I don’t get to see Alex because of traveling and Alex is also a busy person. I don’t want to not have the opportunity to not spend ti with my family. Instead of putting my work first, I’m putting my family first." She said with a smile.
I gave her a nod. That’s admirable. I could only imagine the bulk of work she had to do as a senator. And I could understand because of how much influence Rebecca has on the citizens, especially won. She has fought for a lot of us putting her words into action. If there was soone I aspired to be like, it was Rebecca.
Just then, Shadow walked into the room, stopping short when he saw .
"I didn’t know our Luna was here." He said as he took a piece of pizza.
"Ugh. Shadow," Rebecca said with a hand to her nose. "You stink. You sll like sex."
He winked. "That’s because I just had so."
"Freshen up before you co into my office. The sll. What the fuck did you guys do?" She groaned.
I frowned. "Shadow does sll of sex but just a little." I said as I took a sniff.
"It’s the hormones." Shadow said. "It heightened her ability to detect slls. A major cockblocker for ."
"You are supposed to be guarding , to be my shadow. Not have sex on duty." Rebecca argued.
"But you have another guard. What’s Gideon going to think when you only consider your guard?" He asked her with a cheeky smile, putting the half eaten pizza in his mouth.
"I consider both of you my guard but he’ll, I can protect myself. Alex is just being paranoid." Rebecca said.
I turned to Shadow at that point. This was sothing that has been going through my brain for so ti now. "I want to learn how to fight or rather, I want to rember what it feels like to fight."
Shadow and Rebecca turned to with wide eyes. "You what?"
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